1,295 projects

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Engineering Quartz Sand for Next Generation Solar Crucibles

Most solar cells in the world today are made of thin silicon wafers (Si). The efficiency of the solar cells depends on the number of impurities and defects in the Si wafer are kept at low as possible. Therefore, both the Si which the Si-mono crystal is made out of, and the quartz glass crucible m...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

EMC i smarte nett

Increased use of solar systems, heat pumps, induction hobs and electric vehicles in homes contribute to the changing noise level of the voltage locally in the home. These are electrical products and systems that contain components that will affect the voltage locally in the home differently and m...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Vestland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Surface protonics for oxide-based electrochemical energy devices

In the transition to a low-emission society based on renewable energy, new knowledge and innovative solutions are required that promote long-term development of the energy system. This development involves more use of renewable energy resources (wind, solar and hydropower), more energy efficient ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Bird-friendly design of power lines

In Norway, energy consumption is anticipated to increase 20-60% by 2040. Ever increasing parts of this demand is covered by development of renewable energy, like wind power. The fast rate of energy development leads to an increasing need for electric power transmissions and thus construction of n...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Safe Hydrogen Fuel Handling and Use for Efficient Implementation - SH2IFT

There is an increased interest in hydrogen as a clean energy carrier that can contribute to realize the needed global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. In particular, decarbonization of sectors such as power and industry, as well as several modes of heavy-duty transportation are of high int...

Awarded: NOK 16.7 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

SET 11: New IEA Task ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION BASED ON HYDROGEN

The project ENESTOR aims at contributing to creation and execution of a new IEA Task 40 ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION BASED ON HYDROGEN. The task is bringing together 20 countries and 50 international experts in the area of hydrogen based energy storage and conversion. Specific goals inclu...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Wide Frequency Range Damping Solutions for Offshore Wind Turbines

Wind turbine substructures are subject to wide band frequency loading. Turbine towers and substructure do have a number of eigenfrequencies. Floating foundations have lower eigenfrequencies due to the motion of the floater in water. This results in design challenges with possible resonances. ...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Rogaland

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Modular Megawatt-range Wireless EV Charging Infrastructure Providing Smart Grid Services

Electric vehicles are rapidly populating Norwegian roads, with unquestioned beneficial effects on both energy efficiency and air pollution. However, as new vehicles come equipped with ever bigger on-board batteries, the issue of developing suitable charging infrastructures must be addressed. In...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FMETEKN-FME teknologi

Studie av effekter av energiforskning - delstudie nullutslipp transport

FME MoZEES fokuserer på forskning som kan føre til utvikling av ny batteri- og hydrogenteknologi for nullutslipp i transport. I to av hovedsatsningsområdene er det et stort fokus på utvikling av nye batteri- og hydrogen materialer og komponenter. Industri- og næringspotensialet er spesielt stor...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2019

Location: Akershus

JPIFACCE-Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

Production of ferulic acid, 2,3 Butanediole and microbial plant biostimulants from lignocellulosic biomass by a two-step cascading process

The main aim of the DEBUT project was to develop a small scale biorefinery process using novel plant biostimulants, which was performed by Romanian partners in the Norwegian-Romanian ERA-NET consortium. The biorefinery process produces versatile chemicals with application to the chemical industry...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Intelligent beslutningsstøtteverktøy for bedre utnyttelse av fleksibilitet fra vannkraft

The innovation project will apply machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve market utilisation of available flexibility from hydropower. At the same time, the project will automate experience-based decisions. The green shift is likely to increase the need for, and the value of f...

Awarded: NOK 10.8 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Exploring solar on-farm energy production combined with a fleet of electrical vehicles and precision agriculture for reduced GHG-emissions

Norway is working towards a low-emission society and its agriculture is in demand to contribute by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from food and feed production. There are two areas which may be considered as “low-hanging fruits”: the reduction of emissions from diesel-driven tractor work and f...

Awarded: NOK 20.5 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Remote Inspection of Wooden Utility Poles

This competency-building research project strove to establishing a fundamental concept with new methods and technologies for remote inspection of wooden utility poles. The objective is to develop a multimodal sensor suite with data analysis, both integrated in a system that can be capable of robu...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2024

Location: Agder

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

ERA-NET: Mining the microbiomes from marine wood-digesting bivalves for novel lignocellulose depolymerizing enzymes

Shipworms are a unique family of marine bivalves capable of depolymerizing lignocellulose originating from trees/wood that is occasionally washed/blown ashore. This project has used the European shipworms as a model system for a holistic study of lignocellulose degradation and mined their metagen...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Økt konkurranseevne for plasstøpte betongkonstruksjoner

To achieve the goal of reduced time consumption and cost and realization of added value by using in-situ casting of concrete structures in the construction industry, the project has focused on the challenges within the topics of coordination and interaction, materials (formwork, reinforcement and...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2024

Location: Oslo - Oslove

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Floating installation concept for offshore wind developments

The design of equipment and methods currently used for installation of offshore wind turbines (OWTs) have, to a large extent, migrated from land based or close to shore construction technologies, mainly relying on jack-up vessels with limitations regarding maximum sea depth (< 60-70 meters). This...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2020

Location: Agder

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

SET 11: FP9 AGE Energirådgivning til EU kommisjonen/SET planen

The EU COM has a Advoisory Group for Energy, named AGE, where dr.ing. Marie Bysveen from SINTEF Energy Research is the only Norwegian participant. In this project both preparation work and national information work will be carried out, informing about the publicicly available information from t...

Awarded: NOK 0.40 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Reform of EU Internal Energy Market Policies: Implications for the Norwegian Energy Policy Strategy

The REMAP project has analysed EU energy policy reform in 2019 with main focus on regulatory changes affecting the design of the wholesale electricity market. An effective and integrated electricity market has long been viewed as important for Norway to maximize socio-economic value of national p...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Akershus

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Integrated Transport and Energy Modelling

The project Integrated Transport and Energy Modeling (ITEM) has studied the possibilities and prerequisites for climate-friendly technology and energy use in road transport, and we have specifically analyzed how the transport sector can be electrified The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) hav...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

DigiBuild - Heldigitalisert Byggeprosess

The project aim was to develop a holistic concept for a fully digital construction process. After the completion of the project we can report following results: 1) BI and SINTEF succeeded in developing the scientific basis for how a complex project organization with a high degree of purchased se...

Awarded: NOK 13.1 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

High-purity amorphous silica

The main objective is to develop a new high purity (A-SiO2) amorphous silica product, where the total impurity level is less than 3 ppm and does not give rise to more than 30% cost increase compared to today's best available natural product on the market. During the course of the project we ha...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FRINATEK-Fri prosjektstøtte for matematikk, naturvitenskap og teknologi

Fundamental investigation of non-Newtonian fluid flow in bioprocessing

This project seeks knowledge about how the suspended living organisms can be optimally brought from small-scale biotechnological laboratories to large-scale liquid systems found in industrial production. This includes, among other things, that we seek an understanding of how liquids with complex ...

Awarded: NOK 9.7 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORNY20-FORNY2020

Diatoma: nano-structured high capacity anode for lithium-ion batteries

Large parts of the world are transitioning from fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas to renewable energy sources. The ability to store electric energy is crucial for this transition and is enabled by batteries. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are today considered the most competitive soluti...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Reduction of energy consumption and climate gas emissions in industrial textile laundry processes

Nor Tekstil is a national laundry company with 17 laundries around Norway. Total annual energy demand is approximately 90 GWh corresponding to 3500 houses. Much of the energy is used for steam production for the washing and drying processes. Excess heat from these sub-processes are today lost to ...

Awarded: NOK 0.89 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2020

Location: Vestland

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Autonomous optimized energy management and advanced control for hybrid electric propulsion air vehicles.

The FlightSmart project is led by two pioneering Norwegian companies Maritime Robotics (MR) and Equator Aircraft (EA). Both companies develop air vehicles and have teamed up to develop a new propulsion systems with supporting flight management and control systems. Equator Aircraft has developed ...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Vestfold

NANO2021-Nanoteknologi, nanovitenskap, mikroteknologi og avanserte materialer

New functional paint

This project concerns the development of functional paints with heat-reflective properties to give the paints a new function in addition to protection and decoration. The use of heat-reflective paints both inside and outside will reduce the energy requirement for temperature regulation of homes a...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2021

Location: Vestfold

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Next Generation High Voltage Wet Designed Cables

The main purpose of this project has been to develop wet design for high voltage (HV) XLPE insulated power cables. Cables with copper conductors and aluminium conductors have been researched. Salt water has been used as ageing medium. A test setup for performing wet ageing tests of cables at high...

Awarded: NOK 8.3 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Østfold

PROFESJON-Forskningskompetanse for utvalgte profesjonsutdanninger

Advanced Piezoelectric Devices

Piezoelectricity is the phenomenon that some materials can respond electrically to a mechanical influence, or alternatively, respond mechanically to an electrical influence. For example, a slab of a piezoelectric material may deform when you apply a voltage across it. This coupling between the el...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Buskerud

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Energy upgrading of wooden dwellings to nearly zero energy level

(OPPTRE) was to propose a nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) level for the renovation of wooden dwellings that have high architectural quality, are cost-efficient and low-carbon. Furthermore, barriers and driving forces for how nZEB renovation can capture a significant market share are identified...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

REGIONAL-REGIONAL

Energihuben

The year 2024 has been a busy period for Future Energy Hub, marked by numerous activities related to knowledge dissemination, research, and collaboration. Our efforts have been directed towards fostering innovation in urban energy systems, engaging with both public and private sectors, and expand...

Awarded: NOK 20.6 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2025

Location: Rogaland